R•**r•d I￿rIty k 2T4J27 TrUSTEES' REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 THE ANSCOMBE BIOETHICS CENTRE TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD I IANUARY 2023 TO 31 DECEMBER 2023 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION D￿All￿ Charlty Name: The Anscombe Bk>ethksCentre Other names the charlty ts known bT. The Una¢re CentrèTrwt (old nam•) The Llnacre Centre for Healthcare Ethks {worklng namel Re8tstered charlty number. 274327 Prlnclpal address: 8243 St￿&￿,1. ¢Mord. OXI IRA Name ofthe charlty trustee who maba¥es the charlty: CathollcTrust for en8l•nd and W4lES Names (tyf the trnstees for the ckn*rlty. Ifanyl (lor example, any cu5todlan trnstee$): NIA Names and addresses ofadvtsor8: Independent Examlner GBJ LLP Stefllnt House 27 HatchlaNls Road Redhlll RHI 611W Page lof6 Name of chief executlve or Domes of senlor staff members: Ust ofGtywrnrs:. Chalr. DrThomas FI￿an BTh MA PhD tothlr- Very Re4 DrRobert OP 8Sc PhD STB Ito Marth 2023) Vi¢e-d)alr- Proljohn Haldane KCH5 FILSE (from fvjrll 2023) Hon Trwurer. DrGavSnJwvts MA MA PhD VetM8 FHEA MRCVS The Rt Rw Kewn Doran BA STB MA The Rt Revjohn Keenan U8 8Th m (from October 20231 The Rt Revjohn Shethbwton MA STL Prof James Arthur BA Msc DPhll OBE Dr Stephen Barrle &4 MA Pho Mrjustln Boulno MA GTrdDIp Prof Patrlcla Cuoy MD FRCPI FRCPS￿I MrAnthor)y Hornn BA LL6 DlpLP (from Ortober 20231 Dr Bernadette Klely MB 8Ch BAO DCH MACPI Dr Pla MatthwA BTh ￿ MA PhD FHEA Mrchrls lfyThltehouse MA KCSG {from F•bruary20231 Prof Da¥￿ ￿bert knes MA MA Mst DPhll FHEA sTRU￿URE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Type ofgovernlng documenL. Trust Deed How the charlty Is con$tittited: The Centre IsconstStsrted ty a TrLLSt Deed date 4Aprll 1977. amended 27 February 2C#16, 23 June 2010. and 19 October 2018. The Cztholl¢ Trust for E￿and and Wales ts sole corporatetTU5tee of the Centre. The Centre ts governed Board of not more than 15 Governors appolnted by the Tntstees, Indu(Mng two representatlves eath frtyn the Episcopal cOnfe￿rKe$ of England and Wales. of Scotland. and of Irelar Trn5tee selectlon methods: NIA Page 2 of6 Additional governance issues.. Tru$ree< Respons5bilitSes: Trust law requlres the Tntstees to flnantial ststements for tsath finantièl ￿ar which givè true and fair view of the 5t*e of offair5 of Cerrtre and of the surplus or delklt for the year. In preparin8 the financial slatements theTnJsteesare requ￿ed to: SelectsuRable accOun￿n8 Okles and appfyttrth conslstentty Makelud8ments and estlmates that art reasonabje and prudeftt stste Wheth￿ applkawe Kcountsng stsndard5 ha￿ been ft>lhTrRd, gJbJect to any matsrlal departure5 d15¢1osed and expl•w￿d in thellnonclal statements PrÈpart the flnanclal statements ¢)n the btsis ￿￿eSS It 15 Inappropriate to presumè the Centre wtll contlnuè In exF#en¢e The Trustees are responsible for keepin8 propor account0r￿ records whlch dlsdose ￿th reasonable ac¢uraw at any tlme the finawal p051tlon of the Centre and enable them to ensure that the financlal ststemerts compty wlth appllcable le8lsiatlon. They ar• also responslble for safeÉuardlng thé assets of the Centre and hence fur reasonable step5 for the a￿1 dEtertlon of fv4ud ar other Irre￿Ilr1tI0s. The Governors undertake the above respon51bllttles on behalfof theTrustee OBIEcfivcs AND ACTIVITIES Th• Anscombe Bto•thks Centre ts a Roman Catholl¢ aademk Inrtltute th)t eng•8es wlth the mornl que5tlon5 arlslng In cllnkal prxlke and blomedtcal Te5e4rch. It brln85 to bear on those questlons prlnclples of natural law. ¥lrtue ethScs. and the teachln8 of the Catlmilk Churth. and seeks to develop the ImpJkatlon5 of thit teachln8 for ernerglnK field5 of prnctlce. The Centre e￿ageS In scholarly dlalogue w5th Kademlc5 and practltloners of other tradltlon& It contrlbutes to pubjk pollcy debates as wtll as to dèbates and eonsultatlon5 wlthin the Church. It runs educ•tlonal proBrammes for. Ind 8lves advlce to. Cathollcs and other Inter•5ted heaFthcare professbonajs and ￿ornedIcal sclentlsts. summary ofthe maln acdvltle$ In relatlon w tbese oblerts: The 8oard of the Centre hdd four re8ular meetknB5 over thts perlod durln8 wthlth conskleratltsn was 8lven tt> the worK ¢hallen8e5 and oFy(Ytunitkn for the Centre. Staff organlsed and helped del1￿ a day on Medical Ethks with Relknous Dlmenslons at the Medlcal Sehool of the Unlversltyof Sunderland. The Centre delJvertd a leaurelsemlnarserieson bloethks at St Mar￿5 Col*e. Oscott and CO•hosted a serles of semlnars on Catholic medical ethic5 for healthcare students twther with the KCL G￿5 Campus Chaplalncy. The Educatlon and RE5earth Officer ai50 deIr￿Ted a 5erie5 of kthre5on bloethlc5 at Blackfriars Hall. Staff gave further 9 conference papers. delivered a further 14 ￿Ures. semlnar presentatlorffi and educational tslks ond partiapated in 7 1)ther mnferen¢e5i symp05ia or5eminars. In thls perioj. staff Submitted 9 pieces in peer revwiournab or thaptets In acadernic buoks of which three were publt5hed and three were acceptedfor publication. Centre staff also produced Pagtr3of6 a regu1armonthtyd1￿st in addllion to 16 pres5 Statements and 16 popular publlcat5on5 Indudlng lettets in the Hwuld&otluF￿ and The 71me5. The Centre wovlded 13 written or oral SULYn￿$1¢rfts to tonsultsbtsns by profetsional or parllamentary bodles. Among these ¥ras the appeardnce of the ￿rett￿r before the Irish Parliament, the Oireachtss Joint Comrnittee on Assisted The Director also contributed to a Parftamentary OffKe of scien￿ and Technokw POSTbrfef on 'Human embrytrlike modew, recorded of a virkn fora publlc engagemert on the'14-day rujd forernlxyo experimentation by UKRI Sden¢ewise. and respJnded to the HFEA cor￿jItation on Wodemtsjng the regulation of fertiiitytreatment and resewth In¥oMno human embrrf. On 23 Junè 2023 Professor A0￿rt0 Andorno Èavt the Anscombe Memorbal Lecture on'Ass15ted Sttltld•. Autonomy and th• Commvn Gopd, at Bhckfdars Hall. Oxk>rd. Prof9s60r Andorno Is a Pr1Vatd￿ent of blomedlcal law and bloethlcs at UftlversJty of Zurkh. and was p￿OuS￿ the presldentof the European Sodety for PhlDsophyofMedklnearrfl Healthcare from 2014to 2016. Staff colLiborat•d wlth orhr 0wtsat10￿ to fvrther the MTr5￿0n of the Centre. These en8a8ements Induded academic researth t•ath(￿ and dLalogue wth Oxford Unlverslty, especlally but not On￿ thro￿ WaCk1rfa￿ Han. work St Marfs Llnl¥erslty In Twlckenham and with Notre Dame un￿erSIty. Ausiralla as wdl as the UnPrtr%ty of s￿nde￿and and other unlvw51tles. Collaboratlons also encompassed Cathollc. ecumenkal Interfakh engag•ment wlth the Pontlfkal Atademy of Llf*, COMECE lthe orynlzatoon Catholic ￿51￿$, conferences w1th5n the European Unlonto engage ￿th the EU), arrfl the Chrtxl•n Medkal Fdlowshlp. Centre staff a150 contrlbuted to the work of the Mlnlkn of DeferKe Research Ethlcs Commlttee, the 5¢ottlsh Coundl on Human Bloethl¢s, the Soclety of Withecarles and the Blos Cenire. The Ilnks of the An5combe eioethk5 Centre wSth St Marvs co1￿* Oscott were $t￿rWhen¢d In 2023 as the EdUCa￿On and Re5e•Tth Offitsr at the Centre was •p￿tnted Dean of Phlknth at Oscott. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Summary of the maln achlevements of the charlty durlDg the ye4r: As a result of thls a¢llvhy. approxlmately 12LK) people wer• 4ble to attend talks or presentstlons 8lven by or lactlitated by the Centre durong thls Ferl¢xl. The Centre seeks feedback on events to Improve future quallty and so has 5(¥ne e¥ldence of Smpact as well as reach. For example. 'ttr* talk was wonderfully 1nformjt1￿. and very well re￿￿e¢r. fas¢lnatlng sesston and QPEned our eye5 to many gues￿¢￿￿. Incredlble feedback frorn the event thls morn1n￿. 'students found the tx)nt•nt realty fasdnatlrq and qulte thalle￿Ing and are looklnl foTrArd to dokn8some fthr rtadlw kn118ht ofall you dL￿u5%erf. Staff belng publlshed 3 tlmesln The fimeswlthin a year. aswell as beln8 Intervtewed on Radlo 5 Llveand In the Mouonsunduyralsed the profileof the CEntre.ThecoME￿ned potential reach of thege publlulto￿ and ippe4rpn¢e> 1> rO￿hty 2.150.LIX based on dally £1￿ul0t￿OnS / 5ubscriptSonslvSewlngfl8ure& Whilesome publications suth a5 8MJRapldRe5ponse andJME Fofym. have smal￿r£IrcUjat1on, they have a 8ood reath aTh￿nI doctors and xademlcs. One accompllshment to hlghllght in the Centrfseducational pYovlsion15the 1￿cethIcS course at St Mar¢$ College. whlch was enhanced In 2023 by a grant from ECLAS (Equlppln Chrbtlan Leaders In an Aee of Sdencel as part of its Scienre for seminar￿5. Inltlatk¥e. Thls enabled 5eminariarnsto hear dlrectyfrom sclentlsts arttl dIn￿anSOn sthntifKaspo¢tsofstem cell therapie5, abortion and maternal health In Afrlca. mechanlsm of acilon of co￿trd￿PtiOrn management of gender d¥sp￿rIa In mlrtots, carè of crIttil￿1ll Childre￿ and organ Page4of6 Transplantstb)n. It also erAbled a ha￿￿ty symptisium on Trandernk VaccIna￿on. Safety, Effi¢a¢y, and SoentifK Literarf wth Dr Domlnk Kelty (Oxford Vacdne Group). Dr GavlnJaTh (Associate Professor ot Analyllcal Pharniacology, Me(fi¢al SthLX)l of the Unlvers5ty of Sunderlat>Jl. Profè550r Davld Pakn Ichalr of Industrial Economi(s. lkntirrfham Unlversliy Business s￿￿01). Our webslte received 22.097 views in 2023. the Centre's Facebook p￿& ha$ 1,562 '1ike< the end 012023, atotalof 6.288viM on theCentre'5YouTubechannei.and L927 Mallchlmp subscritef& The Centre hw an A¢ademic Revlvw Pa￿1. cons15tkn8 of Professor Jonathan H8rrlng of th• Unlversty of Oxford. Professor Alasdalr MacLulllth of thE University of Edlnburth and Prof•ssor IAar8aret Somenhue of UnlvÈrslty of Notre Darn￿ Au5tralla. whose remlt Is to provlde the GOVer￿[S with an independent assessmentlre¥lew of the Centra's atademlc perforn￿nCe overttr* prevM)us year. CommÈntltKg on the actNitles of 2023. they stated tha¢ Thè rangt of colts￿ratIOnS 15 Impressh* and speaks to tt* opportunlties that could artse or be made to Increase outp￿5 and the academlc and pubilt Profi￿ of the Centre. For exarnp￿, the res•arth on Voluntsry Asslsted ttyln8 and palllathe care ￿th collaboratorg In Australla Important and IMpreS￿￿e. Sssues around euihana5ia. In partkular, are set to play centre sta8e In PDlltical and wbfKdebate5. The hl8h qual￿ and Importantoutputsof the Centre are Ln essenttal part of th• dtscourse and deserwe even 8reater PTomlnence.' FINANCIAL REVIEW Brlef$tatoment ofthe cknarlws poll(y on reserves: The Governors have deslBnated part of the resorves of the Centre as retslned donated capltal to provlde 4 pemianent sour¢e of Irweslment Income. From l June 2CAJ4. the educatknnal development f¢Jnd w45 rtlcoscd to funds for lonwal pury>o3es The Governors ¢47nsld•r th•t th• rem8lnSni unrestrlctad r￿￿e$ are sufficlent to provide adequate wor￿￿ Detalls ofany funlts mater1411y In defldt: WA Further financiAI revlew detalls: In June 2022. th• G(y4ernors held an Extraordknary General Meet1￿ to Identlfy cost-savln8s. to consider and Implement both short and longer term fundra￿rE strategles. In Ortober 2022 the Governors agreed a threwear strate81¢ plan12023 10 20251 to pTovlde 8reateT emphasls on, and to dlTe¢t resources towards ensurtng the rnedSUTrttrlO￿ term finandal s*¢urlty of the Centre. Th resulted In an annual defi¢lt In 2022 *thkh was ha￿ of that In 202L outperfomilni budget eJ(pectatlons set for that year. In Ilnewlth these plans, In 2023the C¢ntre¢ortrécted•tonsultancyto asststln fuTh4 ralsln&Thefocus was not on Immediate fiJndTa￿n8 for 2023 txrt was to Imprwe financial security In the 5hort-to. me¢llum tem through international partnérshlps wlth tr￿n￿atIOns and through 8rowtng a network of supportlve Indlvlduals. The Centre thu5 spent £10.697 on fvndratstrva in 2023whith was 6.8% of tts totsl expendlture. c￿erall In 2023 the Centre was in defKtt by £36,679 which was covered by Its Wlth re8ardlng to eXtst5￿ funds. the Governors hawe consh*red the rt￿t apprOp￿ate ￿kY for inv?5ting re¥ource5 and hwe found that a comblnatknn ofc(¥nmon Investrnentfunds for charltles and cash deposlt accounts meèt thelr reqUI￿rn￿ts for 5eaLrity and for generatSng Income and ca￿tal grovrth. The Charttydoes makedlrect8fdnts to othercharitable bodle5 orto tndi%rydual& Pages of6 DECLARATION qturo . (from Jan 20231 Ls/10 /zf Page6of6 THE ANSCOMBE BIOETHICS CENTRE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE ANSCOUBE 810EfHICS CEPrnIE W8 r8POrt ￿ th8 aCt￿nts of th• C•rlrn fr* th• 31 D￿mber 2023, 8el out on page 81013. R¢8pKt￿ re•ponslbllll*• of TnW¢￿$ Ex•mlnw The ￿￿11118 trustoes ar• re¥PO￿￿¥ fty P￿Parth ol the •¢wjn￿ Th• charifi8 trust8￿ cAin8td6r Ihat an audit Is not reqUIr￿ for tr48 year under 8eclton 144(21 of the ChwltlBs 2011 (tho 2011 Acl} and that an Inde￿ndent •xamln*lcffi IB need¥¢L It [8 our reSpOn￿￿￿Y￿. •xamlM acc￿ 4md8r $8dh)n 145 ￿ Iho 2011 Ac¢ folkjw the pro¢edures 18pJ do*n th Ihe G•rml gPMn by IM Chailty Commljglon under seclljn 14¥SXbl of Iho 2011 and 8tat• partk￿￿ makn havè rA>m& tt> ￿ratt•fit 8a•l• ot Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•mln•rn' R•wt Our eyAmin8lton was cathed out In a(uld9n￿ *llh the General DkeclSon8 by the Charty CommL¥slon. oxamknatbn Indudey 8 ￿VIeW of ihe ac¢xunbThJ Tecord5 kept by Charjty and eomp8rfson ol Ihè accwnt8 Pro￿nt•d vthh thos• rnetrda. tt *0 Irthdo8 eonsthratlon ol any unusual Itern8 or dbsclosures n the acco￿t8 and seeking exF4anatKTh frorn the TnMlee8 ¢onc8mlng any Such matter8. The prrnlurn8 undertak¢n do not wide 8ll the eVkI•￿ Ih81 bo rgquk¥d lli an oudll and con88qu8nUy no opknkjn Lry 48 to vthottw th• •co)wts w•wit a ond tho iei*Jrt bl Im518d to those mattets 801￿J[ In tho Sta¢em￿t bel(M. Ind•p•nd•nt Ex•mln•rn' Stat•rn•rt In eonn•cllon vAth cw•x4mknatkn. m4ttw c£*m• towr f) wNch gfv•g us r••80n0￿0 caus• lo bdl8v• that, In #ny malwlal rn8POet. lh• f•quth•nl8 to keop accountw￿ re￿d$ In accordanc• wilh section 130 of th8 2011 Act., and to preparn 8ceoun18 *thlch 8¢4yd tAth tho r•ctyd$ •r#J ctywy th• xo)unllng r8qulrem8nt8 (rftha 2011 hove not been m•( or 2) bj whkh, In OUT Op￿On. thnIk￿ I￿￿k1 bo dr￿ kn ordar *) wbl& • undwstgndtng of tho a¢0)￿ts to b• rnathed. LLP Dts2•w Dhposats Change In rnÈt*at V8k 33,322 971 537) Mark•tv*J• Mtth• •nd alth•y•w 29,785 Hl•t¢rlal ¢o•t 20.1SS Cr•dltov&' •mour*ts f•lllw **••T*Ithkn on• y4•r 140 6.616 0••1gr4tsd O•lanM al 1 14•w d utlll••dl ￿lIn# ai 31 Januvy2Q23 Iqn*kn• r*os•d 0•￿mb*r 2023 Retakned throtsd ca 12- ThE AN8COM8E BIOEThIC8 cEl￿RE frIOTES TO THE FWANCIAL STATE•￿￿Ts IcoimiiiB)I Educ•tlcffj Olficer F￿d FwthWrvJ Fur 22.036 2.03812￿ £4038k P•n•loTr oharfty to the and a￿￿Unted trj £8,116 Poa. £11.￿> [r￿￿r￿ Pa￿(• Imm restrtcted funds. -13-